Anara Guard

The fire alarm blares! Do you know what to do? Fires can be scary, but you can be prepared. The scenarios and safety tips in this book will help you come up with a plan.

A short story of an encounter between a realtor and a bear, who is searching for a mountain home. Everything seems benign at first, until the bear becomes insulted and loses his temper.

This collection of short stories focuses on moments in life when something turns, a choice is made, a promise kept or broken. With vivid and precise details, these quiet tales introduce you to characters whose inner lives are both troubled and eloquent. You smell the permeating odors in a rundown Chicago apartment building, touch the texture of a bear's thick fur, feel your feet scraping against the coils of a hairy rope ladder in the bathtub. These...